Meta and YouTube Found Liable In Social Media Addiction Trial
From today’s CNN News: A California jury has found Meta and YouTube liable on all counts in a landmark case that accused the tech giants of intentionally addicting a young…
How Existing Consumer Rights Laws Apply to AI Chatbots for Kids and Teens
From today’s Electronic Privacy Information Center: Nearly three in four teens report using AI chatbots, and about one in three teen users of AI chatbot report feeling uncomfortable with something…
AI Already Impacting Labor Market, Starting With Young Tech Workers
From today’s CNBC News: Changes to the American labor market brought on by the arrival of generative AI are already showing up in employment data, according to a Goldman Sachs…
So Long to Tech’s Dream Job
From today’s New York Times: When Rachel Grey started working at Google as a software engineer in 2007, it was a good time to be a Noogler, or what the…
‘Google Is a Monopolist,’ Judge Rules in Landmark Antitrust Case
From today’s New York Times: Google acted illegally to maintain a monopoly in online search, a federal judge ruled on Monday, a landmark decision that strikes at the power of…
What Amazon, the F.T.C. and C.I.A. Won’t Say When You’ve Been Scammed
From today’s New York Times: When New York magazine’s finance advice columnist dropped an article that went viral on Thursday about falling victim to a $50,000 scam, my heart skipped…
Instacart Wants to Use You to Deny App-based Workers Their Rights
From today’s The Stranger: Hey Instacart shoppers, You might have noticed that you got something extra from the app recently–some misinformation from the company asking you to contact city council…
FTC Alleges Amazon ‘Tricked and Trapped People’ With Prime Subscriptions
From today’s Los Angeles Times: The Federal Trade Commission sued Amazon.com on Wednesday, alleging the e-commerce giant duped consumers into signing up for its Prime membership service and deliberately made…
Twilio’s CEO Backs Remote Work as Big Tech Pushes Return-to-Office
From today’s Seattle Times: Twilio Chief Executive Officer Jeff Lawson said the company is sticking with remote work, even as many tech peers push employees to return to the office.…
Google’s ‘Ghost Workers’ are Asking for Labor Rights
From today’s NPR News: An army of workers is behind every Google search you do. They’re there for quality control and try to make sure your results aren’t full of…